Pause & Play Today: June 29, 2021
UPDATES / ADDITIONS
NEW RELEASES
“Cirque Du Freak,” Junior Mesa – Aug. 13
“Frédéric Chopin: Complete Nocturnes,” Jan Lisiecki – Aug. 13
“Born Blue,” Elijah Ocean – Aug. 13
“How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?,” Big Red Machine – Aug. 27
“Fire,” The Bug – Aug. 27
“Other You,” Steve Gunn – Aug. 27
“333,” Meatbodies – Sept. 3
“Enjoy the View,” We Were Promised Jetpacks – Sept. 10
“Ookii Gekkou,” Vanishing Twin – Oct. 15
Artist Merch Shop: See the New Arrivals. »
UPCOMING RELEASES (no release date yet)
“MONTERO,” Lil Nas X – 2021
REISSUES
“Out of This World: Live (1970-1997),” Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Oct. 29
VINYL
“Suck on This,” Primus – Aug. 6
“When Broken Is Easily Fixed,” Silverstein – Aug. 6
“Under the Pink,” Tori Amos – Aug. 13
JUST RELEASED (surprise releases + more)
“Somedays,” Lost In Japan (five-song EP; producer: Dan Brodbeck; new single: “Disguise”; Hear here; Lost In Japan)
NEW SONGS (click on title to stream)
Other You / Reflection, Steve Gunn
Under the Circumstances, Dan Wilson
Yebo Teacher / Yebo Mama, Moonchild Sanelly
Symptomatic, Peach PRC
BDE, Shygirl feat. slowthai
draggedacrossconcrete, You, Me, and Everyone We Know
Born 2 Boogie, Sunshine & The Blue Moon
I’ll Be Loving You, Yellow Days
Gemini, The Unlikely Candidates
Far Boy, Leah Marie Mason feat. Austin Burke
therapy., noelle
Showoff, Alexander Saint
National Tragedy, Aubrey Haddard
Freedom, Cat Dowling
Not Sorry, Kaylee Patterson
Springtime, Goodge
Balcony, Melissa Lamm
Oblivion, Grace Womack
TOUR DATES (just added)
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Derv Gordon [The Equals] (75)
Lincoln Gordon [The Equals] (73)
Ian Paice (73)
Billy Hinsche [Dino, Desi & Billy] (70)
Don Dokken (68)
Colin Hay (68)
Robert Forster [The Go-Betweens] (64)
Stedman Pearson [5 Star] (57)
Matthew Good (50)
DJ Shadow (49)
Sam Farrar [Maroon 5] (43)
Todd Sansom [Marshall Dyllon] (43)
Nicole Scherzinger (43)
Aundrea Fimbres [Danity Kane] (38)
IN REMEMBRANCE
Benny Mardones (1946-2020)
George McCorkle [The Marshall Tucker Band] (1946-2007)
Rosemary Clooney (1928-2002)
Horst Jankowski (1936-1998)
Héctor Lavoe (1946-1993)
Lowell George (1945-1979)
Tim Buckley (1947-1975)
Shorty Long (1940-1969)
Eric Dolphy (1928-1964)
RELEASED ON JUNE 29 IN … 1999
“Running with Scissors,” “Weird Al” Yankovic (featuring “Pretty Fly For a Rabbi,” “The Saga Begins” and “Polka Power!”; producer: Yankovic; Volcano)
R.I.P.
Stuart Damon (“General Hospital” and Broadway star)
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